The Mediterranean way
Give me 15 minutes of your cooking time and I will show you how to make a tasteful, spicy, and crunchy salad that can be stored in the fridge for 3-5 days. Repeat after me: 3-5 days! Ready to serve salad in your fridge for those long, endless days when you wonder what to cook for dinner. With this Mediterranean chopped cabbage salad, one of your problems is solved. Still, you have the main dish to consider but, hey, I cannot solve all your problems in one post.
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Let’s welcome 2023! I truly hope that it is full of so much love, happiness, and delicious food! It’s the perfect time to take a good look back at the blog’s top recipes. So, the most cooked, baked, shared, viewed, and overall loved recipes are ALL vegetarian. This isn’t an actual surprise because…
Are you curious to know what is served as the main dish on a Greek Christmas table? Greek Christmas food is amazing! So versatile that you can hardly choose between so many delicious dishes. Meat is usually the perfect centerpiece of the table and, truth be told, for many of us Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas…
I am kicking off Christmas season with the most important delicacy: cookies! These Greek Christmas vegan cookies are called Skaltsounia (=Σκαλτσούνια in Greek) and they are consumed mostly at Christmas and during the various fasting periods. That’s why they are vegan! In the Cyclades islands, they are traditionally prepared for weddings too. They are made…
One-pot vegan pumpkin recipes: a luscious pumpkin stew that can easily be turned into a hearty, silky soup coming right from the Cretan cuisine to your table. Simple ingredients like pumpkin or butternut squash, onions, mushrooms, and chestnuts, cooked the Greek way (stifado!) and resulting in earthy flavors & savory sweetness. Served with homemade bread,…
As we are all embracing gold weather, I cannot think of a better dish than this braised beef recipe. It’s got it all: hearty beef sauce, seasoned with a special spice mix served over pasta. This Greek traditional 18th-century recipe called “Pastitsada” comes right from the island of Corfu. Tender beef slowly simmered in red…
Look at these Tomato Fritters right from Santorini’s island. If you are lucky enough to visit Santorini island someday, order “tomato keftedes” (come on! It isn’t that hard to pronounce) and you will get one of the most delicious Greek appetizers. For all of you that Santorini isn’t on your travel plans, I’ve got you…
An ode to the authentic tzatziki recipe! Is it a dip, a spread, a sauce, or a condiment? It is hard to answer because the Greek tzatziki is all of the above and then some more. If I may say, it is so unique and versatile that it cannot be part of a food category….
Greek salad. You’ve heard about it somewhere. Right? What is all this fuss about this salad anyway? Why do bloggers and chefs around the globe swear you are going to love it? Well, I am Greek and I know! I’ve been eating this traditional Greek salad all my life and let me tell you this:…